Updated on 3rd Nov 2018​​

Need Based Financial Aid Program aims to make NUST accessible to the most financially challenged students​, admitted purely on merit. The program is bolstered by NUSTs' own resources and external funding, which seek to facilitate students from low and middle income families.

Need based financial aid is offered to Undergraduate and Masters students in form of:

​​STEP 2

Submit Supp​orting Documents (in Hard Form) in FAO upon receiving​ an email from FAO. Mailing address is as under:

Room No 318,

Second Floor,

Main office Building,

NUST,

Sector H-12, Islamabad

​​STEP 3

A​ccept your provisional scholarship offer

Candidates who are provisionally selected for need based scholarship at the time of admission, will receive a financial aid decision (in provisional admission offer letter) in July / August

Candidates may accept or decline provisional financial aid offer

​Step 4​​​

To secure admission seat and avail scholarship slot, candidates will be required to submit admission dues

Once dues are submitted, scholarship slot may be transfered to whichever discipline the candidate​ finally opts to join. Candidates will request for transfer of scholarship to other disciplines, in which they are offered admission, by sending an email on admissions@nust.edu.pk

​​STEP 5

How aid works

Net Disposable Income (NDI) is mainly the difference between income & expenses of the household. It is the amount of money a family is expected to contribute towards academic expenditures of candidate.

It is referred to as Expected Family Contribution in NFAAF

NDI will be calculated based on the information provided by candidate in NFAAF. Following factors are also considered while determining NDI:

Parent / Guardian Status

No of Dependent Family members

No of Dependents studying

Support from current / fixed assets

Structure / Ownership of house

Nature / magnitude of monthly expenses

Financial Need is determined by the difference between the academic expenditures & NDI.

Financial Aid is awarded in the basis of financial need

Need assessment process​

Need Assessment Process begins immediately after submission of NFAAF.

FAO works closely with candidates' family to determine financial need and NDI.

FAO also reconciles information on NFAAF against the documents provided including their tenor and validity; seeking clarifications, if any.

Evaluation sheets are prepared. These sheets contain brief summary of credentials, covering all the aspects to be presented to the financial aid committee for final decision.

The NUST financial aid committee reviews these evaluation​ sheets along with the supporting documents before making their decision, which is purely based on need.

Decision is communicated to the students through an official provisional scholarship award letter / email ​

The FAO reserves the right to conduct periodic reviews to ensure the award is granted to the needy students only.

NUST carries the discretion to physically verify facts stated by the candidate while applying for financial aid at any point of time during the academic life cycle at NUST. It may include a visit to house/ business premises or inquiry from the surrounding neighbors.​

​​Zakat

​We are pleased to announce that NUST’s Need Based Scholarship (NNBS) program has been granted a Shariah compliant certificate/ Fatwa, which would enable the University to collect and disburse zakat funds from donors and spend them directly on the educational needs of students from underprivileged backgrounds.

The University has taken all necessary efforts and precautions to ensure that the NNBS system of zakat collection and disbursement is Shariah compliant.

Since the intent of these awards is that they be used for educational purposes, you must report them to NUST and apply them toward your educational expenses. We will consider your outside awards as a part of your overall financial aid funding.